Watch Julien Baker And Matt Berninger Perform A New Song At The Final Boygenius Show

There’s a lot that goes on during a Boygenius show. The group’s three members — Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker — each perform a solo set, then they all take the stage and perform together for the encore. At their tour-closing show in Los Angeles this weekend, they brought yet another indie powerhouse to the stage: During Bridgers’ solo set, The National frontman Matt Berninger joined her to perform a new song, an anthemic ballad called “All I Want.”

Berninger co-wrote the song with composer Steph Altman for the upcoming documentary American Chaos — which covers the time in 2016 prior to that year’s presidential election — and is expected to release a duet recording as a 7-inch single to benefit Planned Parenthood within the next couple weeks.

Meanwhile, when it came time for Boygenius to perform together, they brought a surprise of their own by playing a gentle acoustic cover of The Killers’ 2007 single “Read My Mind,” and their sparse arrangement and harmonized vocals on the chorus made for an intriguing take on the song.